In order to protect the national economy and the local industry, the General Directorate of Customs has recently intensified its campaigns and customs patrols in all governorates to combat smuggled goods, especially Turkish ones, which have been observed in some markets.

 

The smuggling operations are very harmful to the local product. A clear vision is required at the General Directorate of Customs to prevent the circulation or trafficking of smuggled or expired goods, such as drugs or others, which directly affect Syrian society and public health and lead to the loss of the public treasury's rights.

 

The Director General of the General Administration of Customs Fawaz Asaad that the fight against smuggling is one of the priorities of the Directorate where it succeeded in the past period in the fight against smuggling and is currently an intensive campaign to confiscate smuggled goods, noting that the Directorate received since the beginning of the year 6 billion Syrian pounds of smuggling fines and there are fines not estimated About 16 billion pounds, and these figures indicate that the work is going in the right direction.

 

Asaad explained that about 40 cases were recorded for the forgery of goods of foreign origin and pumping them into markets as Syrian products, including foodstuffs through the exploitation of the Syrian brand and the formulation of a statement made in Syria.

 

As for the materials allowed to be exported or exported through the Naseeb border crossing with Jordan, Assaad confirmed that the state-subsidized materials such as bread, flour and sugar are strictly prohibited, while specific materials such as citrus and others are exported according to the laws and regulations in force. Greatly tightening the control of exported materials.

 

General of the Customs Control Brigadier General Asif Alloush confirmed that the Customs Authority is intensifying its work and its patrols to combat smuggling, especially Turkish goods entering from illegal border crossings with Turkey into Syrian territory. Any goods manufactured inside the Syrian territory containing raw materials of origin Turkish.

 

Brigadier General Alloush pointed out that the number of cases achieved in the customs control since the beginning of the year to date was 1973 cases, including many cases of smuggling of Turkish goods of clothing, foodstuffs and primary for textile industries and human and veterinary medicines exceeding 200 million Syrian pounds, noting that a number of issues The smuggling of frozen chicken and rotten eggs is of Turkish origin.

 

Brigadier General Alloush said that since May, the customs officer has seized several shipments of the Captagon pills, some of which were destined to be smuggled out of the country, estimated at more than 4 million and 500 thousand tablets of Kptagon with fines of more than 6 billion Syrian pounds.

 

Brigadier General Alloush stressed that no Customs patrol may enter a commercial store, warehouse or house except under an order issued by the Director General of the Customs Department, the General Commander of the Customs Officer and the Attorney General, the presence of a representative from the Chamber of Commerce or Industry, The goods reported, if smuggled, are confiscated and the seizure is regulated in accordance with legal procedures and with the presence of the delegate.

 

The Customs Commissioner stated that the customs patrols to stop the tourist cars and transport in the main and secondary roads is a legal procedure through which the elements of the patrol patrol the goods inside the car, if any, and if they contain smuggled goods that are confiscated immediately and regulate the legal control.

 

On the issue of combating corruption in the customs authority, Brigadier General Alloush confirmed that any element that proves that he committed any violation of integrity is immediately referred to the disciplinary council, which is issued a non-appealable decision. Legal proceedings are taken against him, sometimes resulting in dismissal from the public office according to the violation committed. The existence of many violations against some elements, including the charges of integrity and other procedural.

 

The Customs Commissioner concluded by stressing the importance of communication and cooperation between citizens and the General Customs Department and reporting on all cases of smuggling to combat them in order to protect the national economy and local products, calling at the same time traders and citizens to submit a direct complaint for any specific violation by the customs officers to take procedures They are right